The story of California’s tribes is one of federal military force, bad-faith treaty agreements, and schemes by the federal government to diminish Native American power in order to exploit the state’s gold and other vast natural treasures. The systems forced on the state’s Native inhabitants nearly 200 years ago continues to define who is and who isn’t recognized today. We’ll hear from a historian about the Treaty of Temecula and its role in defining tribes in the state. We’ll also hear one person’s account to track and reconnect with her own tribe that suffered under the established system.

GUESTS

Allison Herrera (Xolon Salinan), Indigenous Affairs journalist and former John S. Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford University

Sean Milanovich (Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians), PhD in Native American History at University of California, Riverside and a Cahuilla language teacher

William Madrigal (Cahuilla and Luiseño), adjunct professor at California State University San Marcos and University of California, Riverside